Carpet-cleaner.



No. 627,500. Patented June 27, I899. F. H. GOOD.

CARPET CLEANER.

(Application filed June 17, 1897.)

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No. 627,500. Patented lune 27, I899. F. H.. GOOD.

CARPET CLEANER.

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[CARPET-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,500, dated June 2'7, 1899.

' A lication filed June 17,1897. Serial No. 641,143. (No model.)

provement in Carpet-Cleaning Machines,

which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying draw ings.

My invention consists of an improvement in a carpet beating machine whereby the same is rendered more effective in operation by arranging the heaters in sets and providing means whereby the sets may be operated in-= termittently, alternately, and consecutively, whereby any or all of them may be thrown into or out of operation at will or any or all of them entirely removed without disturbing the other sets for purposes of repair, &c.

Itfurther consists of details of construction, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a partial horizontal sectional view and plan view of a machine embodying my invention on line a; m, Fig. 2. Fig.

2 represents a partial vertical sectional view and end elevation on line y 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents an end view of a detail portion of the machine, showing the intermittent feeding mechanism on an enlarged scale. Fig. at represents a perspective view of a modifica-. tion of the returning mechanism for the framecarrying shafts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a housing," whichis provided with an opening, the same being controlled by a" door or gate B, so that access maybe had to the interior thereof. I

O designates a shaft, which is supported on standards D, the latter being shown in the present instance located exteriorly to the casing, said shaft 0 extending the length of the machine and being provided with the fast and loose pulleys E and-F and with the sets of adjustable wipers G G and H H, said sets of wipers being as many in number as desired, depending on the machine, and said wipers being mounted on the shaft 0, so as to show the swells of each set at different heights. J designates another wiper, which is also mounted on said shaft 0 and is adapted to contact with a lever K, which is mount- I ed on an ear L on the housing and is provided with a spring M to return it to its normal position, said lever K having a rod or bar N attachedthereto, said rod N carrying a pawl P, which engages the teeth of a ratchet Q, the latter being mounted on a roller R, which extends the length of the machine similarly to the shaft 0, and is supported on standards S and provided with a roughened surface T for the purpose to be described,

said rod N having a spring U for holding it engaged with the teeth of the ratchet.

Vdesignates shafts of suitable length,-any number being used as desired, said shafts being journaled in bearings W, which are, provided with the removable caps or plates A, so that each shaft and its component parts may be removed in case of injury without affecting or disturbing the operation of the rest of the machine and be replaced with a perfect section.

B designates adjustable wipers mounted on each shaft V, which are adapted to contact with the said wipers G G and H H, and also mounted on said shafts V are the clips 0, to which are secured the frames D, the latter carrying ,the beaters E in any suitable maner. The adj ustabilityof the wipers of the beater-shaft permits the throw of the heaters to be regulated-that is to say, by varying the pitch of the swells of said wipers B their contact withthe wipers of the power-shaft is correspondingly varied to cause them to be raised quite high to give a very strong and forcible blow or to be raised onlya comparatively short distance and likewise reduce the power of the blow of said heaters.

F designates springs which are secured to the clips 0 or other suitable part in order to return the heaters E to forcibly strikethe carpet.

J designates standards which carry the bars K, upon which are secured the rods L, thus forming a grating therein, which constitutes a bed for sustaining the carpet, said rods L alternating with the heaters E, as shown in Fig. 1. I

Mounted on the ears M is a roller N,which has a roughened surface and the top of which is situated below an opening P in the casing, through which the carpet Q is adapted 2 e27,5oo

to pass. An opening R is made in the floorin g for the passage of the carpet, and an opening S is provided in the casing, in which operates the clips C and frame D, carrying the heaters E.

T designates a fan situated in an opening in the casing, said fan communicating with a pipe U, so that the dust and dirt may be disposed of.

In lieu of the spring F, I may employ the spring V, having one end secured to a stationary point and the other end to a collar IV,

which is adjustable on the shaft V, the bar A being used to operate the same.

The operation is as follows: The carpet Q is passed over the roller N and engaged by the roughened face thereof and is directed through the opening P over the rods L to the roller T and is also engaged hy'the roughened face thereof. The shaft 0 is now put in operation, which turns and carries with it the wipers G G and H H, which contact with the wipers B on the shafts V, thus turning the latter and in so doing raising the frames D and with them the heaters E. When the wipers have passed each other, the spring F will cause the said heaters E to be returned to their former position and strike the carpet violent-1y, thus removing the dust'and dirt, the rods L assisting, as will be evident. In the meanwhile the wiper J, which is mounted on the shaft 0, engages with the cam-lever K, the upper end of which is drawn in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3.

This draws the rod N in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, and the pawl P, which is in engagement with the teeth on the ratchet Q, so that the latteris turned, imparting a certain motion to the roller R, which draws the carpet forward a certain distance, it thus being noticed that as the shaft 0 is operated the heaters are automatically operated and at the same time the carpet is advanced a certain distance after each stroke, so that the beating will be rapidly and effectively accomplished. After the operation the carpet Q, passes through the opening R in the flooring and is directed to the floor heneath, where it is properly taken care of. A fan T has meanwhile been set in operation, and the dust and dirt are drawn from the interior and passed through the pipe U to any desired point.

Attention is particularly called to the fact that by arranging the shafts V in series, each separate and distinct from the other and adapted to be removed from the machine and each provided with its own set of heaters, coupled with the fact that the wipers on each,

as well as those on shaft 0, are adjustable,

enabling said wipers to be set at different angles, each shaft, with its heaters, can be operated independently of the other, alternately and consecutively, or any one or more sets may be thrown in or out of operation at will without disturbing the other sections, thus enabling the use of only such sections necessary from the widths of material to be beaten, as well as permitting the entire removal of any one or more sections in case of an accident thereto and its replacement bya perfect section without interfering with the rest of the machine or stopping it for that purpose.

As before explained, if desired, I may dispense with the spring F and use the construction as shown in Fig. 4.

In the drawings I have shown the shaft 0 and the shafts V and their component parts as situated on the exterior of the casing A; but it will he of course evident that, if desired, the casing may surround the entire machine.

I do not desire to be limited in every instance to the construction I have herein shown and described, but may make such changes as may come within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a carpet-beating machine, a frame or casing, a powershaft,wipers carried thereby, beater-shafts adjacent said power-shaft and provided with heaters and adjustable wipers upon said beater-shafts corresponding to the wipers of the power-shaft, whereby the beatershafts are rocked intermittently and whereby the throw and striking force of the heaters can be varied.

2. In a carpet-beating machine, a frame or casing, a power-shaft, adjustable wipers carried thereon, removable shafts independent of each other arranged adjacent to the powershaft, heaters and adjustable wipers carried by the independent shafts, the said wipers being adapted to contact with the wipers on the power-shaft, whereby there is imparted to the independent shafts by the power-shaft an intermittent, alternating and consecutive movement and whereby the throw and striking force of the heaters can be varied.

3. In a carpet-beating machine, a casing, a power-shaft journaled thereon, a grating or bed mounted therein, rollers adjacent each side said bed, means for operating one of said rollers by the movement of the power-shaft, removable shafts independent of each other arranged parallel to the latter, heaters carried by said independent shafts adapted to operate in conjunction with said grating or bed, means for causing the said heaters to forcibly strike the material operated upon, adjustable wipers carried on all shafts whereby there is imparted to the independent shafts by the power-shaft an intermittent, alternating and consecutive movement, and whereby the throw and striking force of said heaters can be varied and means for withdrawing the dust and dirt from said machine while the same is in operation.

4- In a carpet-beating machine, a suitable frame having a grating, a housing inclosing the same, an air-exhauster communicating moving the beater-shafts in opposition to the movement imparted thereto by the wipers, a

wiper at the end portion of said power-shaft, I 5

a lever situated in the path of said wiper, a pawl carried by said lever, and a ratchet upon the roller at the rear side of the housing which is engaged by said pawl.

FRANcIs I-i. GOOD.

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J OHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM. 

